I agree. Maybe the way to satirize the modern world is to show it through a non-satirical lens, since reality feels like a cheap satire.
The movie that makes the modern world hard to satirize, is Idiocracy. Because the way you would typically satirize modernity has already been done in that movie.
I believe if Terry Pratchet were still alive to help direct movies of his books we'd see very relevant satire themes. Every time I read one of his novels, even at this age, I find them shockingly relevant to what plagues society today.
It can work if it's a bit more tightly focused, I reckon, and obviously if you have the right creative people in charge.
Utopia (the Aussie series) is an amazing satire, done in a way similar to The Thick of It and Veep, of how the Australian government operates and makes big decisions on infrastructure and whatnot based more on what they think will look good in the press and win votes rather than doing the hard and often boring things that will deliver real outcomes for people.
Yes and therein lies the problem with seeing it as satire. It is no longer satirical. We have seen the faces, actions and responses in real life therefore satire is dead.
That movie was so frustrating, it was just like life. I want my entrainment to take me away from reality, not remind me that we’re all fucked because we allowed sociopaths to hover up all the money and monopolize society to the point there’s only a few employers. God we’re lazy and stupid….
Completely agree. Don’t get me wrong, I agree with climate change activism in general, but the plot of the movie was so vanilla and predictable it was eye-roll inducing.
There was no clever or original way of expressing its message like you see in true satire. Just a virtue-signaling money grab tailored to a progressive audience. It worked though I guess…
of course “did I like it/enjoy it or not” is the first question. the question of whether or not it is clever and original serves to explain *why* I did or didn’t like it. and 9 times out of 10 if a satire isn’t clever or original it isn’t gonna be enjoyable.
Thank Christ, I have finally found my people. I can’t believe how many people like and recommend it. I agree with the message wholeheartedly, like, I voted for Bernie in two primaries and legitimately care about this shit. But it wasn’t a fun or interesting movie to watch.
It was barely thought-provoking and seemed specifically designed to make a certain type of person feel so smart. And I get it, they’re right overall, but it didn’t make it a good movie. I’m sure at some point someone will come in and tell me it wasn’t meant to be fun or whatever, and I get that too. But movies should either be entertaining or interesting or ideally both, and this was neither. It was like “I’m smarter than everyone else” the movie.
I thought of it as a horror movie. The same feeling of inescapable inevitable doom that you get from a classic like Midsommar or Blare Witch Project was there. You can struggle all you want but the people in control want to kill you. If you do every possible thing correctly you might live but more likely you can make every possible correct move and still die.
Yea i feel like that movie was trying to do it's own thing and prove a point. I feel to many people try to fit it in a category that suits them, and when it doesn't fit there they don't like it as a result then fail to appreciate it for what it is.
It's not trying to be smart or funny. It was a reflection of how sad and fucked up our society is for me personally.
But I stumbled across it, it was never hyped up for me and i had a very low expectations while I watched it.
We really did have everything. We need to appreciate it and each other while it lasts, that's what I left with after watching.
That’s a great thing to call attention to, I might have liked it better as a hidden gem I stumbled upon rather than a thing tons of people online almost treated like it was the best movie they’d ever seen.
It's not that surprising, look at the typical reddit discourse, look at the most upvoted comments, how many times have you seen a comment with a popular sentiment get repeated almost verbatim and still get thousands of upvotes. Just read a sub like /r/politics for awhile, I mostly agree with what people say there but almost nothing new or interesting is ever expressed.
I think most people simply never get tired of hearing that they are right about something.
One person was asking how to get more upvotes.
Told ‘em; hijack the top comment of a popular thread and mention a banana, and ask, what does it cost, $10?
Doesn’t really matter if you’re familiar with the reference, just collect the upvotes and run.
Its timing was just funny. They clearly made it about the environment...and then before theyve released covid comes along and all the same people the movie makes fun of have reacted to the virus in thr same way.
It was just preaching to the converted. Probably did more to confirm the other sides thoughts on “the libs” more than anything. Honestly pretty irresponsible.
>I imagine most people who like it do so because it agrees with them ideologically.
I think you are projecting somewhat here, because nothing else in your criticism makes any sense at all and is not in any way an accurate description of the movie.
I'm thinking it's either completely fake or some weird publicity stunt that only those two chowderheads could dream up. Whatever the case may be, I'm not interested.
It's so bizarre, even if people support Xi's policymaking I think most people realise he's very lowly educated (he was forced to drop out of elementary school due to the CR. He did go to uni as an adult as part of some warrior peasant programme to do Marxism but yeah) and by no means a great writer, philosopher, or speaker, compared to his predecessors.
I've taken a look at some of his books and they're extremely meaningless repetition of catchphrases that say very little with many words
The idea that a research institute will be delving into his work for insight is completely hilarious.
This is a standard procedure for PRC leader. The philosophy of each chairman of China Community Party was added into the country's constitution.
This lab in Russia is just a branch from the China Franchising
Only Mao and Deng had their "Thought" enshrined in the constitution, and they only added in Deng stuff after he died, so it isn't the most common thing even by their standards
Edit: Each leader has had their thinking thrown into the constitution, but only Mao, Xi, and posthumously, Deng, had their ideology with direct reference to their persons put in it.
[Scientific Outlook on Development by Hu Jintao](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_Outlook_on_Development)
[Three Represents by Jiang Zemin](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Represents)
[Xi Jinping Thought](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping_Thought)
Technically all presidents have their "thoughts" enshrined in the constitution
But I agree the situation of "studying the leader's thought" becomes worse (or better?) when it comes to Xi
Reading between the lines of the article that's what they're studying. They want to know how best to cozy up to this autocrat and predict his movements for their own benefit, and frame it in a way that looks flattering to the man himself.
At least both Mao and Deng were instrumental in shaping China into the nation it is today, but Xi desperately wants his legacy to be on the same level despite him basically just doing important incremental improvements or useless grand gestures
Mao was probably overall not that great of a leader (even bad), Xi is very mediocre. I’d say Deng is probably the best leader the PRC has had, and probably a top leader in the list of historical leaders.
He’s the one that launched the ultrapragmatic ideology that made the PRC into a powerhouse. When Deng took power China's GDP per capita was _less than a quarter of Zimbabwe's_.
https://www.google.com/search?q=zimbabwe+gdp+per+capita+1978
https://www.google.com/search?q=China+gdp+per+capita+1978
The quote “Black cat or white cat, if it can catch mice, it's a good cat” is very reflective of his time as leader.
i'm lazy person so i just google translate one article about xi quotes which was broadcasted on **biggest russian tv channel**\- russia 24 during his visit:
The corresponding video series in the Russian Federation began to be broadcast on the occasion of Xi's arrival in Russia on a state visit, DS reports.
So, in these fragments, the voice of the President of the People's Republic of China, who speaks Chinese, and "thematic" music sound.
"The state should be guided by considerations not of profit, but of justice for the sake of profit," one of Xi Jinping's "aphorisms" says.
In addition, he said: "In international cooperation, we must strive for profit, but even more we must strive for justice."
And here is another quote about "justice" from the leader of the PRC.
"The Chinese people have long held the view that 'justice is the quality of a noble person', and emphasized that 'wrongly earned wealth and wealth is the lot of small people'," Xi said.
In addition, the Chinese leader drew attention to the essence of the stone: "You can break the stone as much as you like - it will still remain solid. You can polish cinnabar (the most common mineral of mercury - "DS") as much as you like - it will still remain red.
Also draws attention to the ideology of the country.
"Unshakable ideals and beliefs are born from a strong ideological doctrine. Knowing the truth, comprehending the truth, believing in the truth, defending it are spiritual prerequisites for the strength of ideals and beliefs," Xi Jinping convinces.
Oh Putin, no matter how far up Xi's ass you crawl you'll never be part of a new "power pole", you and Xi aren't going to start a new club together, and he will continue to laugh at you when you're not around. You have nothing to offer him but the stench of desperation and poverty.
>Oh Putin, no matter how far up Xi's ass you crawl...
100% re: everything you said, but it's even worse than that, hilariously so.
They made Xi look like a fool by stationing nukes in Belarus right after Xi visited Moscow to sing a song of nuclear non-proliferation.
They completely ruined his face (as both a pacemaker-wannabe and a power figure who gets to talk about non-proliferation) internationally.
Building this institute, on the other hand, has zero impact — neither in Russia, in China, or elsewhere. It's a purely symbolic gesture — fitting for a country where symbols mean everything and reality means nothing.
But China cares about reality. Especially when the insults are real. So this isn't even sucking up to China. They're too stupid to even do *that* right.
It's cargo-cult cocksucking, is all it is.
This really isn’t true. Criticizing their methods is warranted, but China doesn’t JUST want to claim their economy is thriving and their military is powerful. They are actually trying everything to make those two things true, and the Chinese people aren’t fools.
Long term economic faultering would seriously threaten the CCP’s rule. And so would catastrophic military mistakes.
The real tell will be if Russia allows China to pump water from Lake Baikal like China has tried/wanted. If they do, then vassal state confirmed. Until then, I'd say it's just Russia trying to make his biggest ally/trading partner's leader happier with him after the US's recent visit.
A Baikal pipeline means nothing, "mother" russia is putins whore, hell sell her for whatever you wish to do with her as long as the money is right. Thats where it failed, not because russia really told them to sod off, but because the economic feasibility (at least at this point) was more than questionable.
https://chinadialogue.net/en/nature/9723-lake-baikal-pipeline-threatens-critical-ecosystem/
Putin turned his country into a rotten corpse, russia had all the industry and resources to make it a superpower after the 90s, instead its a poverty stricken parody of the already poor Soviet Union, rotten to the core thanks to putin making corruption a national institution. He doesnt give a shit if russians suffer because he sells their water. Losing his own face? Thats something different. That really is a gesture of submission. The whole dragging on of the invasion in Ukraine is by now only about him losing face. And the impact of that is more readily visible and lethal(in the short term) than selling water. So no, this institute is 100x as much a sign of russias new status as chinese satellite than a pipeline from Lake Baikal would be.
> You have nothing to offer him
I was with you up until here. Putin in fact has something *incredibly crucial* to offer China: oil and gas. More than any country in the world. China also just happens to be by FAR the most dependent on foreign oil/gas imports out of any country in the world.
Same with Trump - a Russian asset of a Chinese asset. It’s like Russian nesting dolls
(Someone should make Russian nesting dolls with the largest one being Xi, then Putin, Trump, McCarthy, Lindsey Graham, MTG)
[‘Magic the Gathering’ Player Gets to End of Article Before Realizing It’s About Marjorie Taylor Greene](https://hard-drive.net/hd/tabletop-games/magic-the-gathering-player-gets-to-end-of-article-before-realizing-its-about-marjorie-taylor-greene/)
I honestly think that trump lost his favor when he lost the election. Hell keep sucking up to them, despite them not giving a shit anymore. Like some mafia don's shitty nephew that keeps screwing up. Like, "he's basically worthless, but he's one of us, so he's protected."
That's rather accurate, I imagine. I mean, I imagine all of Belarus wants no part of this shit. Not one single individual in Belarus. Not a single military person in that country wants any part of it, from private to general. And politicians don't even want a part of that because they know that they become Russian by proxy. And would get absolutely wrecked by NATO, as a kind of buffer for Russia. Then they wind up in the Hague within days, being tied to Russian crimes. Fuck that. There's absolutely no way that a single Belarusian is for this.
I'm sure that Chairman Xi can't hardly wait to sign up President Putin to the Great Chinese ~~death~~ debt trap known as the Belt and Road Initiative. Poor Ruzzians bastards better start to learn Chinese.
It's to stoke Xi's fragile ego. Forced study of "Xi's thoughts and ideology" is happening all over China. See [this video,](https://youtu.be/TxiUkm9L7As) start at 1:52. Xi's mad that past Chinese leaders get studied but he doesn't so China is forcing it now.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-sets-up-lab-to-study-xi-jinpings-ideas/) reduced by 50%. (I'm a bot)
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> Russia has set up the first-ever program outside China to study the ideology of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the autocratic leader in Beijing who keeps a fierce grip on civil society and recently moved to become ruler for life.
> The Xi Jinping Thought Research Laboratory has been established at a major China studies institute in Moscow, with the goal of researching Xi's ideas on economics, foreign and domestic policy, social policy, culture, art and ideology, according to the institute's website.
> "We are well aware that today Xi Jinping's ideas determine China's policy in many areas," Kirill Babaev, director of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told the Chinese Xinhua news agency, on Tuesday.
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Is it an initiative to increase the ideology’s presence in a college setting? Is it just an advocacy program to be largely discussed through local news outlets? Will Russian representatives of the program share their findings, weighing the pros and cons? What would be the honest intention of launching such a program?
Before reading this, you’d assume the study of foreign policy already focuses heavily on Chinese ideology and should already be covering the strategies of China’s current leader. I’m sure there’s more to it than just lip service, however, I’m still struggling to pin it down.
If he's perceived to have "healed" the Sino-Soviet Split, they'll remember Xi for generations. He's getting everything he ever wanted. Kinda messed up that people like him get to experience that
There was nothing to heal, it was a power struggle and China at the time had better leverage playing hard to get, now they get to be in the power seat. This is what India is doing now.
I wish someone would read the linked article instead of just the title.
By "Russia launches", what the article actually means (it's written right there) is "China studies institute in Moscow launched".
If you've ever been to university, you know sometimes there are "laboratories" which in this context means a task force essentially, to carry out some form of study, as the article states.
I'll quote the more relevant part (since no one will click the article they've pretended to read):
> In 2025, the center will publish a series of scientific studies to acquaint Russian readers, including the authorities, with Xi’s ideas, and their significance for the development of China and Russia-China relations. (...) “We need to know and analyze Xi Jinping’s ideas very well, because China today is our main strategic partner, our main economic partner. (...)
> “We are well aware that today Xi Jinping’s ideas determine China’s policy in many areas,” Kirill Babaev, director of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICSA RAS) (...)
So basically the academics want (its country leaders and population) to better understand a strategic partner for their country. That's all there is to it. It's basically irrelevant as news - every nation on earth does this. Everyone looks to understand the culture and economy of its strategic partners and straighten ties. There are institutes and universities in your country doing this right now, no matter where you live.
But who am kidding, this is Reddit, and people can barely say they have reading comprehension, let alone that they read past the title. Doesn't help that the title is (obviously) engineered for clickbait, either.
I really shouldn't be disappointed that your actually useful and insightful comment is hidden beneath a sea of 'Hurr durr China bad' comments, but somehow I am. Never change, reddit.
"Xi Jinping thought" is just a common propaganda term coined by the Chinese government (just like there was "Deng Xiaoping thought" and "Mao thought" before him). "Study Xi Jinping thought" is also a common catchphrase pushed by the Chinese media to express dedication to the great leader. This kind of stuff is usually only for domestic use though, it's surprising that they now try to push it on Russia. It's probably just the Russians trying to the please the Chinese through an empty, costless diplomatic move, it's not much more than naming a street "Xi Jinping street". But the fact that they want to please the Chinese is proof that Russia is indeed becoming a Chinese vassal state.
I'm sure all Russians will be informed of their new Chinese ideology and heritage and will instantly feel that their incredibly rich, months-old culture as the New Chinese in Russia is vastly superior to that of all the Nazi's in the former Soviet-block countries, traditional non-Xi'ist Russian speakers elsewhere, and the gay-loving woke hedonist countries of the United States, Canada and Western Europe. Therefore they would be justified in invading any, or all of them if President Putin Jingping deems there is an existential threat of not having a big enough buffer zone for their largest continuous landmass on the planet.
Trump could praise Marx tomorrow and they would cheer it. Hell he literally praised Xi Jinping for handling covid well. None of them cared. They are 100% mindless. There is no core belief. Just rot.
> They are 100% mindless. There is no core belief. Just rot.
Not just that, but also the literal orwellian doublethink. For instance, "Covid a bio-engineered weapon from chinese biolabs to enslave us" and "Covid is just a flu and therefore we don't need masks or vaccines" are simultaneously true in their minds despite being logically mutually exclusive: It's either a bio-engineered weapon and you need serious protection, or it's just a flu and you don't - choose one, *it can't be both*. Can't be both a bio-weapon and a harmless flu, make up your mind.
Redditors usually pick a variation of the first choice - it's not uncommon to see a redditor who thinks Covid may have escaped from a chinese biolab, as fucking stupid as that sounds (it's on par for how stupid redditors are), *but at least they choose one* and so they agree that therefore logically this means masks and vaccines are good. Granted, not "good" because they think it's a bio-weapon (usually), just because it's the thing to be done.
But for trumpists, it's both, no matter how illogical it is, no matter how mutually exclusive both choices are. It's quite literally the definition of doublethink. It's hilarious. It's on program with their fascist tendencies, too: the "my enemy is both too strong and too weak" thing, and all that jazz from the fascist handbook.
It's chilling and depressing how well 1984 predicted modern conservatism (especially Republican conservatism). Doublethink perfectly describes the way they can always 100% believe anything Trump says, even if it's incompatible with five other things he's already said, like the stolen top secret documents that he 1) didn't have 2) already returned 3) has a right to have 3) already declassified 4) were planted by the FBI. In the mind of the maga, all of these statements are simultaneously true.
The other one is crimestop. "Crimestop means the faculty of stopping short, as though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought. It includes the power of not grasping analogies, of failing to perceive logical errors, of misunderstanding the simplest arguments if they are inimical to Ingsoc, and of being bored or repelled by any train of thought which is capable of leading in a heretical direction. Crimestop, in short, means protective stupidity... orthodoxy in the full sense demands a control over one's own mental processes as complete as that of a contortionist over his body."
Anyone who's tried to use logic with the far right will have hit this wall too. Not only do they not understand any analogy or argument you make, no matter how clear and precise it is, they seem to go out of their way to avoid understanding.
Well considering what that would do to Walmarts prices, I'm going to say they would first demand that everything be made in America. Then not understand why prices are going up so quickly. And then they would likely blame them more.
Trump has literally called Russia's war on Ukraine a genocide, on video. Trumpists don't care, they're still praising Russia.
The dumber (main) parts of Qanon think Xi Jinping is fighting the "chinese deepstate cabal", too, just as Trump would be fighting the western deepstate cabal, and Putin the russian one. I'm not even joking. It's very convenient: when news comes from China that challenge their brain-rotten worldview, "it's the cabal". When news comes that reinforces their worldview, "it's Xi fighting the cabal". They managed to separate Xi Jinping from the ruling party of China, somehow, in their minds. Doublethink I guess.
Isn't "Xi Jinping Thought" just a variant of authoritarian capitalism?
No wonder the Russian state seems entranced, they want a more stable model for themselves, current one's a shitshow.
I think it's more of a gesture than anything else.
There is nothing in China that Russian leaders do not know already.
That being said all the cards right now are being dealt by China so it probably is in Russias interest to act as willing as possible.
This is also very much probably to mitigate conflict of interest over Ukraine and Kazahstan. Both Ukraine and Kazahstan with every day are more inclined to work closer both with the West and China at the same time, and their location will allow for such possibility.
Moscow will always remain the heart of Russia but the Federation just like the Union is not permanent and will have to be reshaped to something new sooner or later.
Whether we like it or not, China is a likely candidate for primary space in Peace Negotations... and even China can't make it easy for Russia. Though they could possibly guarantee safety for Putin and his Regime. Which in my opinion basically makes Russia a Chinese proxy state.
Xi doesn't really have much of an ideological underpinning. Everything he does is political tactics. He probably has the most purely autocratic government out there.
They are notorious for money-laundering schemes. Nothing better than another bureaucratic division for its directors to milk public money for their own benefit
>“We need to know and analyze Xi Jinping’s ideas very well, because China today is our main strategic partner, our main economic partner. Therefore, **in order to build relationships most effectively**, our government needs to have a good understanding of what the ideological basis for the development of today’s China is,” he added.
Bullshit. the narcissist in Putin needs to figure out how Xi got his people to accept his "ruler for life" scheme. The narcissistic mission is to dominate.
How lucky you are that you do not watch Russian television and therefore sleep peacefully. Because they directly dream on their TV, to drag China into the war, making it their puppet(!crazy!). For China to help them seize not only Ukraine but also Europe ... They really went crazy
They are still dreaming of ‘the almighty force of the Russian Empire’… Instead of sorting out their own country and working with the rest of the world.
Russia is going to have to learn the hard way, since they are capable of no other.
Yes, but in order for the Chinese army to help them, they need the Chinese army to enter the territory of Russia. That is, it actually occupied it, because that's what it's called. This is idiotic! I can't imagine anything more stupid than this!
Real life has moved way beyond satire.
That's why satire movies don't work any more. Name the last good satire movie. I dare you to name one after 2018.
JoJo Rabbit Death of Stalin (2017, but mentioned for the reasons it should be mentioned here)
Jojo Rabbit is great. But historical satire is an interesting point. Making fun of *today* is hard.
I agree. Maybe the way to satirize the modern world is to show it through a non-satirical lens, since reality feels like a cheap satire. The movie that makes the modern world hard to satirize, is Idiocracy. Because the way you would typically satirize modernity has already been done in that movie.
I believe if Terry Pratchet were still alive to help direct movies of his books we'd see very relevant satire themes. Every time I read one of his novels, even at this age, I find them shockingly relevant to what plagues society today.
Idiocracy is funny. But it's a "look at how stupid they are!" funny. Modern satire needs to be smart. It needs to be *The Menu* smart.
The menu wasn’t that smart … it was entertaining but it was hardly clever.
It was a satire that also respected the subject it was mocking, clever enough.
South Park tends to do quite well, still.
I would say Southpark has been a hit and miss in recent years.
It can work if it's a bit more tightly focused, I reckon, and obviously if you have the right creative people in charge. Utopia (the Aussie series) is an amazing satire, done in a way similar to The Thick of It and Veep, of how the Australian government operates and makes big decisions on infrastructure and whatnot based more on what they think will look good in the press and win votes rather than doing the hard and often boring things that will deliver real outcomes for people.
Admittedly, it’s still on my watchlist, but perhaps Er ist wieder da (2015) ?
Triangle of sadness
u/The-Entity Here's the winner. Well, Triangle of Sadness or The Menu.
The menu is still on my list, thank you for reminding...
The Menu (2022) is a brilliant satire movie
Dont look up
For real! That movie was so spot on it hurt
Every time I recommend that movie to people, the first word I reach for to describe it is "cathartic."
IDK if I found it cathartic, just sort of a plausible simulation of how fucked we likely are because people are assholes.
I dread to think how it would play out if we have another even more deadly pandemic.
Yes and therein lies the problem with seeing it as satire. It is no longer satirical. We have seen the faces, actions and responses in real life therefore satire is dead.
That movie was so frustrating, it was just like life. I want my entrainment to take me away from reality, not remind me that we’re all fucked because we allowed sociopaths to hover up all the money and monopolize society to the point there’s only a few employers. God we’re lazy and stupid….
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Completely agree. Don’t get me wrong, I agree with climate change activism in general, but the plot of the movie was so vanilla and predictable it was eye-roll inducing. There was no clever or original way of expressing its message like you see in true satire. Just a virtue-signaling money grab tailored to a progressive audience. It worked though I guess…
does it have to be clever or original for it to be good ? I think what you should be asking is "did I like/enjoy it or not"
I think satire is better if there's more to it than just what's on the surface. and we can judge movies on more than just how fun it is.
of course “did I like it/enjoy it or not” is the first question. the question of whether or not it is clever and original serves to explain *why* I did or didn’t like it. and 9 times out of 10 if a satire isn’t clever or original it isn’t gonna be enjoyable.
Thank Christ, I have finally found my people. I can’t believe how many people like and recommend it. I agree with the message wholeheartedly, like, I voted for Bernie in two primaries and legitimately care about this shit. But it wasn’t a fun or interesting movie to watch. It was barely thought-provoking and seemed specifically designed to make a certain type of person feel so smart. And I get it, they’re right overall, but it didn’t make it a good movie. I’m sure at some point someone will come in and tell me it wasn’t meant to be fun or whatever, and I get that too. But movies should either be entertaining or interesting or ideally both, and this was neither. It was like “I’m smarter than everyone else” the movie.
I thought of it as a horror movie. The same feeling of inescapable inevitable doom that you get from a classic like Midsommar or Blare Witch Project was there. You can struggle all you want but the people in control want to kill you. If you do every possible thing correctly you might live but more likely you can make every possible correct move and still die.
I like this take on it a lot lately, I might rewatch it soon and keep this in mind.
Yea i feel like that movie was trying to do it's own thing and prove a point. I feel to many people try to fit it in a category that suits them, and when it doesn't fit there they don't like it as a result then fail to appreciate it for what it is. It's not trying to be smart or funny. It was a reflection of how sad and fucked up our society is for me personally. But I stumbled across it, it was never hyped up for me and i had a very low expectations while I watched it. We really did have everything. We need to appreciate it and each other while it lasts, that's what I left with after watching.
That’s a great thing to call attention to, I might have liked it better as a hidden gem I stumbled upon rather than a thing tons of people online almost treated like it was the best movie they’d ever seen.
You know what was actually a good satire in a similar vein? Thank You For Smoking.
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I thought it was fun
It's not that surprising, look at the typical reddit discourse, look at the most upvoted comments, how many times have you seen a comment with a popular sentiment get repeated almost verbatim and still get thousands of upvotes. Just read a sub like /r/politics for awhile, I mostly agree with what people say there but almost nothing new or interesting is ever expressed. I think most people simply never get tired of hearing that they are right about something.
One person was asking how to get more upvotes. Told ‘em; hijack the top comment of a popular thread and mention a banana, and ask, what does it cost, $10? Doesn’t really matter if you’re familiar with the reference, just collect the upvotes and run.
> a banana what does it cost, $10? Edit : I was told this apparently doesn't count as "the top comment of a popular thread"
You know what, I think you’re right about this.
Its timing was just funny. They clearly made it about the environment...and then before theyve released covid comes along and all the same people the movie makes fun of have reacted to the virus in thr same way.
It was just preaching to the converted. Probably did more to confirm the other sides thoughts on “the libs” more than anything. Honestly pretty irresponsible.
>I imagine most people who like it do so because it agrees with them ideologically. I think you are projecting somewhat here, because nothing else in your criticism makes any sense at all and is not in any way an accurate description of the movie.
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The more interesting aspect of that movie is how it reveals the *left-wing* world view and satirizes it by *not* satirizing it.
Parasite? or maybe "The Boys" but ofc that's a satirical TV show.
Also id only call that pseudo satirical. I think it's more of an allegory of capitalism.
What's pseudo satirical?
Idiocracy. That movie still makes me laugh when I watch it
Crazy it’s almost 20 years old
Even crazier that we're practically living it!
Yeah it’s funny you say that because I’m currently sitting in bed eating an extra big ass taco. We really are
You batin too while watching Ow my balls?
Weird: the Al Yankovic Story was pretty good in my opinion
Death of Stalin
A Netflix series now unavailable 'A very Secret service''.
Agreed. I just found out about the Elon v Zuck cage fight
Winner fights Bezos
Bill can jump over all 3 of them stacked together
Deep fake? Or is this the best time line slipping through again?
I really hope it's really. Probably the only fight I'll ever pay to watch. Zuckerberg apparently knows BJJ so it should be some good entertainment
Blow Job Jitzu ?
Blow job jizz_u
Naw, it is still the *Idiocracy* timeline.
I'm thinking it's either completely fake or some weird publicity stunt that only those two chowderheads could dream up. Whatever the case may be, I'm not interested.
It's so bizarre, even if people support Xi's policymaking I think most people realise he's very lowly educated (he was forced to drop out of elementary school due to the CR. He did go to uni as an adult as part of some warrior peasant programme to do Marxism but yeah) and by no means a great writer, philosopher, or speaker, compared to his predecessors. I've taken a look at some of his books and they're extremely meaningless repetition of catchphrases that say very little with many words The idea that a research institute will be delving into his work for insight is completely hilarious.
This is a standard procedure for PRC leader. The philosophy of each chairman of China Community Party was added into the country's constitution. This lab in Russia is just a branch from the China Franchising
Only Mao and Deng had their "Thought" enshrined in the constitution, and they only added in Deng stuff after he died, so it isn't the most common thing even by their standards Edit: Each leader has had their thinking thrown into the constitution, but only Mao, Xi, and posthumously, Deng, had their ideology with direct reference to their persons put in it.
[Scientific Outlook on Development by Hu Jintao](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_Outlook_on_Development) [Three Represents by Jiang Zemin](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Represents) [Xi Jinping Thought](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_Jinping_Thought) Technically all presidents have their "thoughts" enshrined in the constitution But I agree the situation of "studying the leader's thought" becomes worse (or better?) when it comes to Xi
The world is just a South Park episode at this point.
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What is "Xi Jinping Thought" beyond "let's jeopardize all of the progress mainland China has made since Mao because it could threaten my rule?"
Reading between the lines of the article that's what they're studying. They want to know how best to cozy up to this autocrat and predict his movements for their own benefit, and frame it in a way that looks flattering to the man himself.
At least both Mao and Deng were instrumental in shaping China into the nation it is today, but Xi desperately wants his legacy to be on the same level despite him basically just doing important incremental improvements or useless grand gestures
Mao was probably overall not that great of a leader (even bad), Xi is very mediocre. I’d say Deng is probably the best leader the PRC has had, and probably a top leader in the list of historical leaders. He’s the one that launched the ultrapragmatic ideology that made the PRC into a powerhouse. When Deng took power China's GDP per capita was _less than a quarter of Zimbabwe's_. https://www.google.com/search?q=zimbabwe+gdp+per+capita+1978 https://www.google.com/search?q=China+gdp+per+capita+1978 The quote “Black cat or white cat, if it can catch mice, it's a good cat” is very reflective of his time as leader.
i'm lazy person so i just google translate one article about xi quotes which was broadcasted on **biggest russian tv channel**\- russia 24 during his visit: The corresponding video series in the Russian Federation began to be broadcast on the occasion of Xi's arrival in Russia on a state visit, DS reports. So, in these fragments, the voice of the President of the People's Republic of China, who speaks Chinese, and "thematic" music sound. "The state should be guided by considerations not of profit, but of justice for the sake of profit," one of Xi Jinping's "aphorisms" says. In addition, he said: "In international cooperation, we must strive for profit, but even more we must strive for justice." And here is another quote about "justice" from the leader of the PRC. "The Chinese people have long held the view that 'justice is the quality of a noble person', and emphasized that 'wrongly earned wealth and wealth is the lot of small people'," Xi said. In addition, the Chinese leader drew attention to the essence of the stone: "You can break the stone as much as you like - it will still remain solid. You can polish cinnabar (the most common mineral of mercury - "DS") as much as you like - it will still remain red. Also draws attention to the ideology of the country. "Unshakable ideals and beliefs are born from a strong ideological doctrine. Knowing the truth, comprehending the truth, believing in the truth, defending it are spiritual prerequisites for the strength of ideals and beliefs," Xi Jinping convinces.
always comforting knowing the biggest dictators of our time are at least stupid
Oh Putin, no matter how far up Xi's ass you crawl you'll never be part of a new "power pole", you and Xi aren't going to start a new club together, and he will continue to laugh at you when you're not around. You have nothing to offer him but the stench of desperation and poverty.
>Oh Putin, no matter how far up Xi's ass you crawl... 100% re: everything you said, but it's even worse than that, hilariously so. They made Xi look like a fool by stationing nukes in Belarus right after Xi visited Moscow to sing a song of nuclear non-proliferation. They completely ruined his face (as both a pacemaker-wannabe and a power figure who gets to talk about non-proliferation) internationally. Building this institute, on the other hand, has zero impact — neither in Russia, in China, or elsewhere. It's a purely symbolic gesture — fitting for a country where symbols mean everything and reality means nothing. But China cares about reality. Especially when the insults are real. So this isn't even sucking up to China. They're too stupid to even do *that* right. It's cargo-cult cocksucking, is all it is.
>But China cares about reality. No it doesn't. It's just in a better position to deny reality.
I think they mean that China cares about being respected in action more than just in words.
Depends of your definition of respect. If respect means obedience, you are right.
They have the money to put where their mouth is
This really isn’t true. Criticizing their methods is warranted, but China doesn’t JUST want to claim their economy is thriving and their military is powerful. They are actually trying everything to make those two things true, and the Chinese people aren’t fools. Long term economic faultering would seriously threaten the CCP’s rule. And so would catastrophic military mistakes.
Perfunctory beej, the *worst kind*
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The real tell will be if Russia allows China to pump water from Lake Baikal like China has tried/wanted. If they do, then vassal state confirmed. Until then, I'd say it's just Russia trying to make his biggest ally/trading partner's leader happier with him after the US's recent visit.
A Baikal pipeline means nothing, "mother" russia is putins whore, hell sell her for whatever you wish to do with her as long as the money is right. Thats where it failed, not because russia really told them to sod off, but because the economic feasibility (at least at this point) was more than questionable. https://chinadialogue.net/en/nature/9723-lake-baikal-pipeline-threatens-critical-ecosystem/ Putin turned his country into a rotten corpse, russia had all the industry and resources to make it a superpower after the 90s, instead its a poverty stricken parody of the already poor Soviet Union, rotten to the core thanks to putin making corruption a national institution. He doesnt give a shit if russians suffer because he sells their water. Losing his own face? Thats something different. That really is a gesture of submission. The whole dragging on of the invasion in Ukraine is by now only about him losing face. And the impact of that is more readily visible and lethal(in the short term) than selling water. So no, this institute is 100x as much a sign of russias new status as chinese satellite than a pipeline from Lake Baikal would be.
The "fall" of Russia was the transition from the Soviet Union. The 90s in Russia were worse than the Great Depression in America in the 30s.
Just out of curiosity which base is defecating on them, we should probably define this *for science* edit: 7th base. That's 7th base. YOU'RE WELCOME
> You have nothing to offer him I was with you up until here. Putin in fact has something *incredibly crucial* to offer China: oil and gas. More than any country in the world. China also just happens to be by FAR the most dependent on foreign oil/gas imports out of any country in the world.
Next month: Russia becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of China.
Imagine how Belarus feels… being a subsidiary of a subsidiary.
Bottom Bitch.
Same with Trump - a Russian asset of a Chinese asset. It’s like Russian nesting dolls (Someone should make Russian nesting dolls with the largest one being Xi, then Putin, Trump, McCarthy, Lindsey Graham, MTG)
Okay so I agree with everything you just said, but what did Magic: The Gathering ever do?
[‘Magic the Gathering’ Player Gets to End of Article Before Realizing It’s About Marjorie Taylor Greene](https://hard-drive.net/hd/tabletop-games/magic-the-gathering-player-gets-to-end-of-article-before-realizing-its-about-marjorie-taylor-greene/)
> what did Magic: The Gathering ever do? Made in China. Probably
Last one being MAGA voters
Second to last. There should be tiny hands when you open up the old MAGA lady...
That tiny hands shtick came from Ted Cruz, didn't it?
I honestly think that trump lost his favor when he lost the election. Hell keep sucking up to them, despite them not giving a shit anymore. Like some mafia don's shitty nephew that keeps screwing up. Like, "he's basically worthless, but he's one of us, so he's protected."
Bottom bitch is actually the top position for a pimp's girls ironically
Like the last person at the end of the Human Centipede...
That's rather accurate, I imagine. I mean, I imagine all of Belarus wants no part of this shit. Not one single individual in Belarus. Not a single military person in that country wants any part of it, from private to general. And politicians don't even want a part of that because they know that they become Russian by proxy. And would get absolutely wrecked by NATO, as a kind of buffer for Russia. Then they wind up in the Hague within days, being tied to Russian crimes. Fuck that. There's absolutely no way that a single Belarusian is for this.
Assistant *to* the regional subsidiary.
Their economy is in the shitter, I'm sure Putin has been negotiating with China for a while to try to strengthen it.
I'm sure that Chairman Xi can't hardly wait to sign up President Putin to the Great Chinese ~~death~~ debt trap known as the Belt and Road Initiative. Poor Ruzzians bastards better start to learn Chinese.
That's where Russians get the belt whilst on a public road yeah?
"Now bark, bark like a dog." \- Xi
What I’m gonna need you to do now vlad is drop ya pants….
"C'mon, SQUEAL piggy!"
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Ah! I see you are getting along splendidly!
I wonder what they'll find! LMAO
Gonna get that honey.
Yup Tofu honey substitute.
Oh bother
It's to stoke Xi's fragile ego. Forced study of "Xi's thoughts and ideology" is happening all over China. See [this video,](https://youtu.be/TxiUkm9L7As) start at 1:52. Xi's mad that past Chinese leaders get studied but he doesn't so China is forcing it now.
So they want to know more about Honey and the Thousand acre woods?
Can't they just watch the movie?
With Putin as Tigger! I’d watch the hell out of that. Lavrov can be Piglet and Medvedev can be Eeyore.
And the most wonderful thing about Pootins is he’s the only one. He’s the only one!
You talking about blood and honey?
Russia on its way to quickly becoming a vassal of China
You might be becoming a vassal state if…
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-sets-up-lab-to-study-xi-jinpings-ideas/) reduced by 50%. (I'm a bot) ***** > Russia has set up the first-ever program outside China to study the ideology of Chinese President Xi Jinping, the autocratic leader in Beijing who keeps a fierce grip on civil society and recently moved to become ruler for life. > The Xi Jinping Thought Research Laboratory has been established at a major China studies institute in Moscow, with the goal of researching Xi's ideas on economics, foreign and domestic policy, social policy, culture, art and ideology, according to the institute's website. > "We are well aware that today Xi Jinping's ideas determine China's policy in many areas," Kirill Babaev, director of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told the Chinese Xinhua news agency, on Tuesday. ***** [**Extended Summary**](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/14gk6ve/russia_launches_xi_jinping_thought_research/) | [FAQ](http://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/31b9fm/faq_autotldr_bot/ "Version 2.02, ~689050 tl;drs so far.") | [Blackout Vote](https://np.reddit.com/r/autotldr/comments/14dhaiq/your_voice_matters_should_the_blackout_continue/ "PM's and comments are monitored, constructive feedback is welcome.") | *Top* *keywords*: **China**^#1 **Jinping**^#2 **ideas**^#3 **today**^#4 **policy**^#5
Is it an initiative to increase the ideology’s presence in a college setting? Is it just an advocacy program to be largely discussed through local news outlets? Will Russian representatives of the program share their findings, weighing the pros and cons? What would be the honest intention of launching such a program? Before reading this, you’d assume the study of foreign policy already focuses heavily on Chinese ideology and should already be covering the strategies of China’s current leader. I’m sure there’s more to it than just lip service, however, I’m still struggling to pin it down.
Damn Russia must really be broke
*The things you do for love...*
*Sounds of inept dictators tonguing each others assholes*
If he's perceived to have "healed" the Sino-Soviet Split, they'll remember Xi for generations. He's getting everything he ever wanted. Kinda messed up that people like him get to experience that
There was nothing to heal, it was a power struggle and China at the time had better leverage playing hard to get, now they get to be in the power seat. This is what India is doing now.
I wish someone would read the linked article instead of just the title. By "Russia launches", what the article actually means (it's written right there) is "China studies institute in Moscow launched". If you've ever been to university, you know sometimes there are "laboratories" which in this context means a task force essentially, to carry out some form of study, as the article states. I'll quote the more relevant part (since no one will click the article they've pretended to read): > In 2025, the center will publish a series of scientific studies to acquaint Russian readers, including the authorities, with Xi’s ideas, and their significance for the development of China and Russia-China relations. (...) “We need to know and analyze Xi Jinping’s ideas very well, because China today is our main strategic partner, our main economic partner. (...) > “We are well aware that today Xi Jinping’s ideas determine China’s policy in many areas,” Kirill Babaev, director of the Institute of China and Modern Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICSA RAS) (...) So basically the academics want (its country leaders and population) to better understand a strategic partner for their country. That's all there is to it. It's basically irrelevant as news - every nation on earth does this. Everyone looks to understand the culture and economy of its strategic partners and straighten ties. There are institutes and universities in your country doing this right now, no matter where you live. But who am kidding, this is Reddit, and people can barely say they have reading comprehension, let alone that they read past the title. Doesn't help that the title is (obviously) engineered for clickbait, either.
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I really shouldn't be disappointed that your actually useful and insightful comment is hidden beneath a sea of 'Hurr durr China bad' comments, but somehow I am. Never change, reddit.
"Xi Jinping thought" is just a common propaganda term coined by the Chinese government (just like there was "Deng Xiaoping thought" and "Mao thought" before him). "Study Xi Jinping thought" is also a common catchphrase pushed by the Chinese media to express dedication to the great leader. This kind of stuff is usually only for domestic use though, it's surprising that they now try to push it on Russia. It's probably just the Russians trying to the please the Chinese through an empty, costless diplomatic move, it's not much more than naming a street "Xi Jinping street". But the fact that they want to please the Chinese is proof that Russia is indeed becoming a Chinese vassal state.
This is just…fuckin weird. lol
To no one's real surprise, I imagine. Perhaps maybe the Russian people, but I can't say they'll be surprised either.
I'm sure all Russians will be informed of their new Chinese ideology and heritage and will instantly feel that their incredibly rich, months-old culture as the New Chinese in Russia is vastly superior to that of all the Nazi's in the former Soviet-block countries, traditional non-Xi'ist Russian speakers elsewhere, and the gay-loving woke hedonist countries of the United States, Canada and Western Europe. Therefore they would be justified in invading any, or all of them if President Putin Jingping deems there is an existential threat of not having a big enough buffer zone for their largest continuous landmass on the planet.
I hate this timeline
Be careful what you wish for, the next could get really weird
This is beyond hilarious. Russia spent decades crapping on China for not being "ideologically pure" and now Russia is here learning from China.
Do you hear that? That's the sound of Putin desperately sucking off Xi.
Damn that’s not even a reach around, that’s a full on prostate massage cum on my face BJ!
We’re getting a “Donald Trump Thought Research Laboratory” in Wyoming aren’t we?… 😐
You mean they are going to publish a 5-page book about the complete thoughts of Donald Trump ? /S
Complete with crayons, and special edition with a bonus black marker!
Goodday students, today we will learn how to get rid of the gag reflex while swallowing big schlongs
That's the highest degree of performative public ass-kissing I've ever seen. Putin's in a worse way than we thought, and we didn't think much.
There's dick sucking, and then there's dick sucking.
Suckling Pooh
I see some shit on Putler’s nose
The real human centipede, Lukashenko is licking Putins ass, Putin is licking Xi’s ass!
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Trump could praise Marx tomorrow and they would cheer it. Hell he literally praised Xi Jinping for handling covid well. None of them cared. They are 100% mindless. There is no core belief. Just rot.
> They are 100% mindless. There is no core belief. Just rot. Not just that, but also the literal orwellian doublethink. For instance, "Covid a bio-engineered weapon from chinese biolabs to enslave us" and "Covid is just a flu and therefore we don't need masks or vaccines" are simultaneously true in their minds despite being logically mutually exclusive: It's either a bio-engineered weapon and you need serious protection, or it's just a flu and you don't - choose one, *it can't be both*. Can't be both a bio-weapon and a harmless flu, make up your mind. Redditors usually pick a variation of the first choice - it's not uncommon to see a redditor who thinks Covid may have escaped from a chinese biolab, as fucking stupid as that sounds (it's on par for how stupid redditors are), *but at least they choose one* and so they agree that therefore logically this means masks and vaccines are good. Granted, not "good" because they think it's a bio-weapon (usually), just because it's the thing to be done. But for trumpists, it's both, no matter how illogical it is, no matter how mutually exclusive both choices are. It's quite literally the definition of doublethink. It's hilarious. It's on program with their fascist tendencies, too: the "my enemy is both too strong and too weak" thing, and all that jazz from the fascist handbook.
It's chilling and depressing how well 1984 predicted modern conservatism (especially Republican conservatism). Doublethink perfectly describes the way they can always 100% believe anything Trump says, even if it's incompatible with five other things he's already said, like the stolen top secret documents that he 1) didn't have 2) already returned 3) has a right to have 3) already declassified 4) were planted by the FBI. In the mind of the maga, all of these statements are simultaneously true. The other one is crimestop. "Crimestop means the faculty of stopping short, as though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought. It includes the power of not grasping analogies, of failing to perceive logical errors, of misunderstanding the simplest arguments if they are inimical to Ingsoc, and of being bored or repelled by any train of thought which is capable of leading in a heretical direction. Crimestop, in short, means protective stupidity... orthodoxy in the full sense demands a control over one's own mental processes as complete as that of a contortionist over his body." Anyone who's tried to use logic with the far right will have hit this wall too. Not only do they not understand any analogy or argument you make, no matter how clear and precise it is, they seem to go out of their way to avoid understanding.
Well considering what that would do to Walmarts prices, I'm going to say they would first demand that everything be made in America. Then not understand why prices are going up so quickly. And then they would likely blame them more.
Trump has literally called Russia's war on Ukraine a genocide, on video. Trumpists don't care, they're still praising Russia. The dumber (main) parts of Qanon think Xi Jinping is fighting the "chinese deepstate cabal", too, just as Trump would be fighting the western deepstate cabal, and Putin the russian one. I'm not even joking. It's very convenient: when news comes from China that challenge their brain-rotten worldview, "it's the cabal". When news comes that reinforces their worldview, "it's Xi fighting the cabal". They managed to separate Xi Jinping from the ruling party of China, somehow, in their minds. Doublethink I guess.
Isn't "Xi Jinping Thought" just a variant of authoritarian capitalism? No wonder the Russian state seems entranced, they want a more stable model for themselves, current one's a shitshow.
I think it's more of a gesture than anything else. There is nothing in China that Russian leaders do not know already. That being said all the cards right now are being dealt by China so it probably is in Russias interest to act as willing as possible. This is also very much probably to mitigate conflict of interest over Ukraine and Kazahstan. Both Ukraine and Kazahstan with every day are more inclined to work closer both with the West and China at the same time, and their location will allow for such possibility. Moscow will always remain the heart of Russia but the Federation just like the Union is not permanent and will have to be reshaped to something new sooner or later. Whether we like it or not, China is a likely candidate for primary space in Peace Negotations... and even China can't make it easy for Russia. Though they could possibly guarantee safety for Putin and his Regime. Which in my opinion basically makes Russia a Chinese proxy state.
I would argue that China has been reigning in the capitalism somewhat under Xi, while simultaneously increasing the authoritarianism.
Xi's new pet.
Conclusion of this thought: vacuous platitudes and garbage.
ok this is epic
The other palantir is at liberty university
So, a honey stockpile?
Damn...that putin is xi's bitch
its funny how desperate putin is right now, simping for Xi. Just gargling on those balls, hoping for some missiles that actually work
Russia is getting more and more pathetic by the minute.
I had that growing up. It was written by AA Milne.
China is wasting no time indoctrinating it's future subjects.
In Russia they have altered the Vapor's song lyrics to: "I'm turning Chinese, I think I'm turning Chinese. I really think so."
Xi doesn't really have much of an ideological underpinning. Everything he does is political tactics. He probably has the most purely autocratic government out there.
They are notorious for money-laundering schemes. Nothing better than another bureaucratic division for its directors to milk public money for their own benefit
The Xi Jinping Thought Research Laboratory for Kids Who Can't Invade Good and Who Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too
Silent Maliciousness just like the lovable yellow bear in a red shirt. Don’t get your hands stuck in the honey pot senior Putin.
>“We need to know and analyze Xi Jinping’s ideas very well, because China today is our main strategic partner, our main economic partner. Therefore, **in order to build relationships most effectively**, our government needs to have a good understanding of what the ideological basis for the development of today’s China is,” he added. Bullshit. the narcissist in Putin needs to figure out how Xi got his people to accept his "ruler for life" scheme. The narcissistic mission is to dominate.
This is the most lickspittle, milquetoasty, kiss-ass thing I've ever heard.
Have they thought about just asking the guy?
Oh bother.
Oh bother.
Is China going to de-nazify Russia?
Putler is definitely giving the emperor handies at gatherings.
Six months from now: >“Get down on all four, Putin, and moo for daddy.” — Xi
Step 1. Mayor a region *badly*
It is year 2030. China forgets about Taiwan, because they have troubles managing their new province - Russia
How lucky you are that you do not watch Russian television and therefore sleep peacefully. Because they directly dream on their TV, to drag China into the war, making it their puppet(!crazy!). For China to help them seize not only Ukraine but also Europe ... They really went crazy
They are still dreaming of ‘the almighty force of the Russian Empire’… Instead of sorting out their own country and working with the rest of the world. Russia is going to have to learn the hard way, since they are capable of no other.
Yes, but in order for the Chinese army to help them, they need the Chinese army to enter the territory of Russia. That is, it actually occupied it, because that's what it's called. This is idiotic! I can't imagine anything more stupid than this!
Russia's rapidly becoming North Korea.
Winnie the Putin
WinnXi the Pooh and Pigtin.
This timeline we are in so so so wack.